Hortese Harvey
Hortense Harvey
MY MEMORIES OF THE PICKIN AND GRINNIN AND HORTENSE AND JUDGE HARVEYFIRST, MY BROTHER WHO IS 4 YEARS OLDER THAN ME WENT TO THE PICKIN BEFORE I DID AND MANY TIMES I WOULD ASK HIM TO TAKE ME WITH HIM. BUT HE WAS"NT HAVING ANY OF THAT LITTLE BROTHER STUFF. SO I FINALLY WENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER HE LEFT AND WENT IN THE NAVY.IF I REMEMBER RIGHT IT WAS IN THE FALL OF 1958 WHEN I MET A FELLOW AT NORRIS CYCLE SHOP ON FRONT STREET NAMED AL HEMMING III. ONE FRIDAY NIGHT WHILE WE WERE OUT GETTING INTO TROUBLE AL SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GOING TO MS. HARVEY'S AND I DIDN'TMAKE THE CONECTION TO THAT AND THE PICKIN AND GRINNIN, BUT WHEN WE GOT THERE .MS HARVEY'S DAUGTHER ANN WAS HAVING A SLUMBER PARTY AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 10-15 GIRLS THERE AND I TOLD AL " SON I AM IN HEAVEN AND IF I AM DREAMIN DON'T BOTHER WAKING ME UP".ALSO MOST OF THE GIRLS WHO WERE OLDER THAN ME WERE FASINATED THAT I WAS REALLY BILL GRAY'S LITTLE BROTHER. THAT STARTED MY GOING TO THE PICKIN AND GRINNIN AND CONTINUED UNTIL I WENT IN THE NAVY IN 1960 AND EVERY TIME I CAME HOME ON LEAVE I WENT OUT THERE.ONE NIGHT IN LATE 1959 I STOPPED AT MS HARVEY'S HOUSE AND SHE SAID I WAS JUST WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR, SHE NEEDED SOMEONE TO DRIVE HER TO THE TRAIN STATION BECAUSE ELVIS WAS COMING THROUGH ON A TROOP TRAIN AND SHE WANTED TO SEE HIM AND WE ONLY HAD 15 MINUTES TO GET THERE.I WAS DRIVING DADDY'S 1951 BUICK AND WE LOADED UP, ME, MS. HARVEY, ANN AND I AM NOT SURE WHO ELSE. I MADE IT TO THE TRAIN STATION IN RECORD TIME, ABOUT 8 MINUTES. WHEN WE GOT TO THE STATION THE TRAIN WAS PULLING IN, THEY WERE USUALLY ON TIME THEN, BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT ELVIS WAS NOT ON THE TRAIN.MS. HARVEY TOLD ME SHE WOULD RIDE HOME WITH SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE SHE WOULD"NT RIDE WITH ME AGAIN IF SHE HAD TO WALK HOME. I THINK SHE DIDN'T LIKE MY DRIVING. WONDER WHY?????
Bob Gray
Meridian, Mississippi
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MY MEMORIES OF THE PICKIN AND GRINNIN AND HORTENSE AND JUDGE HARVEYFIRST, MY BROTHER WHO IS 4 YEARS OLDER THAN ME WENT TO THE PICKIN BEFORE I DID AND MANY TIMES I WOULD ASK HIM TO TAKE ME WITH HIM. BUT HE WAS"NT HAVING ANY OF THAT LITTLE BROTHER STUFF. SO I FINALLY WENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER HE LEFT AND WENT IN THE NAVY.IF I REMEMBER RIGHT IT WAS IN THE FALL OF 1958 WHEN I MET A FELLOW AT NORRIS CYCLE SHOP ON FRONT STREET NAMED AL HEMMING III. ONE FRIDAY NIGHT WHILE WE WERE OUT GETTING INTO TROUBLE AL SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GOING TO MS. HARVEY'S AND I DIDN'TMAKE THE CONECTION TO THAT AND THE PICKIN AND GRINNIN, BUT WHEN WE GOT THERE .MS HARVEY'S DAUGTHER ANN WAS HAVING A SLUMBER PARTY AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN 10-15 GIRLS THERE AND I TOLD AL " SON I AM IN HEAVEN AND IF I AM DREAMIN DON'T BOTHER WAKING ME UP".ALSO MOST OF THE GIRLS WHO WERE OLDER THAN ME WERE FASINATED THAT I WAS REALLY BILL GRAY'S LITTLE BROTHER. THAT STARTED MY GOING TO THE PICKIN AND GRINNIN AND CONTINUED UNTIL I WENT IN THE NAVY IN 1960 AND EVERY TIME I CAME HOME ON LEAVE I WENT OUT THERE.ONE NIGHT IN LATE 1959 I STOPPED AT MS HARVEY'S HOUSE AND SHE SAID I WAS JUST WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR, SHE NEEDED SOMEONE TO DRIVE HER TO THE TRAIN STATION BECAUSE ELVIS WAS COMING THROUGH ON A TROOP TRAIN AND SHE WANTED TO SEE HIM AND WE ONLY HAD 15 MINUTES TO GET THERE.I WAS DRIVING DADDY'S 1951 BUICK AND WE LOADED UP, ME, MS. HARVEY, ANN AND I AM NOT SURE WHO ELSE. I MADE IT TO THE TRAIN STATION IN RECORD TIME, ABOUT 8 MINUTES. WHEN WE GOT TO THE STATION THE TRAIN WAS PULLING IN, THEY WERE USUALLY ON TIME THEN, BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT ELVIS WAS NOT ON THE TRAIN.MS. HARVEY TOLD ME SHE WOULD RIDE HOME WITH SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE SHE WOULD"NT RIDE WITH ME AGAIN IF SHE HAD TO WALK HOME. I THINK SHE DIDN'T LIKE MY DRIVING. WONDER WHY?????
Bob Gray
Meridian, Mississippi
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